When I arrive in El Salvador in less than four hours will I be sad, grateful or happy? Sad because of what I will see? Grateful for my birth in Middle Class America or happy to know what luxuries I will get to come home to next week?

Wow, I swam over 6,000 yards this week (or 3.4 miles). In May, I could swim about 10 yards so I would say that I am making great progress. It feels so good to be able to finally swim continuously and I am getting more and more comfortable in the water. My neck has finally